Areas of practice

  • Trusts
  • Estate planning
  • Estate litigation
  • Wills
  • Probate
  • Real estate
  • Civil litigation
  • Elder law
  • Elder abuse
  • Long-term care
  • Nursing home litigation
  • Guardianship and conservatorship

Admitted to practice

  • California, 1972
  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1976
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1980
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1982
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1983
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1987

Awards and honors

Education

  • Hastings College of Law, University of California, J.D., 1971
  • California State University, Long Beach, B.A., 1968

Professional memberships

  • Santa Monica Bar Association
    President, 1987
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
    Trustee, 1989
    Chairman, Elder Law Committee
  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar of California
  • National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
  • Wealth Counsel

Biography

  • Born in Santa Monica, California
  • Professor, Emeritus, Santa Monica College, 1996
  • President, Los Angeles Chapter, Hastings Alumni Association, 1987 – 1988
  • Partner, Deering & Sands
  • President, Santa Monica Kiwanis, 2000 – 2001
  • Former Mediator and Temporary Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
  • California Licensed Real Estate Broker
  • Law Instructor, California State University Los Angeles
  • Law Instructor, Loyola University


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